Art souvenir World's Columbian exposition and views of Chicago . MANUFACTURERS AND LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING THE MflNOFACTOHBS AfiD IilBE^flli A$TS BOlliDlfiG. THIS is much the largest building in the Exposition in extent and area. It is 800 feet wideand 1,700 feet long. The exhibition hall receives light from both sides and from the top,and each section is composed of a great central arch 100 feet wide, open to the roof, and 80 feethigh, with galleries 50 feet wide on either side. Directly in the center is the great dome, whichhas a clear open space 260 feet in diameter, with a surrounding galler
Art souvenir World's Columbian exposition and views of Chicago . MANUFACTURERS AND LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING THE MflNOFACTOHBS AfiD IilBE^flli A$TS BOlliDlfiG. THIS is much the largest building in the Exposition in extent and area. It is 800 feet wideand 1,700 feet long. The exhibition hall receives light from both sides and from the top,and each section is composed of a great central arch 100 feet wide, open to the roof, and 80 feethigh, with galleries 50 feet wide on either side. Directly in the center is the great dome, whichhas a clear open space 260 feet in diameter, with a surrounding gallery 50 feet wide in roof of this dome is supported by great arched trusses of iron, and is 175 feet high from thefloor to the apex of the roof. The galleries are approached upon the main floor by 30 greatstaircases, the nights of which are 12 feet wide <=? MACHINERY HALL. MflCHHSlE^Y Hfllili. THE main Machinery Building measures 850 by 500 feet. It is spanned by three archedtrusses, and the interior will present the appearance of three railroad train houses, side byside, surrounded on all the four sides by a 50 foot gallery. A colonnade with a cafe at either end forms the connecting link between Machinery andAgricultural Halls, and in the center of this colonnade is an archway leading to the exhibits. Its shape, however, is peculiar. It is to be annular in form, the outer diameter being 800feet and the inner diameter 400 feet. The building will have a nave 100 feet wide, with a50-foot-wide lean-to in one story on the inside, and a 50-foot-wide lean-to on the the inner circle will be a park in which visitors fatigued by the hum of machinery,,may rest.
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